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Gaming / Re: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

« on: September 13, 2011, 03:37:26 AM »

I played the demo on my PS3. It definitely is really fun, but is there a hide/cover button? It might be nitpicky of me, but I can't help but feel like I need to take cover in the middle of gunfire. It feels a little awkward just rolling around the place trying to find somewhere to hide and restore health.

(Their suits look like Federal Ride Armors)

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: September 13, 2011, 03:06:45 AM »

Gotta love blue Mr Popo.

They actually kept Mr. Popo's skin color the same as the original for US (which still had a fair amount censorship). I would have thought that would've been edited, but considering how graphically violent the "censored" version was anyway, they got away with a lot for a kids show.

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: September 13, 2011, 12:07:39 AM »

I never even watched the show and I got it.

(what, only one TV in the house and I had no control of it)

But they never called him Mr. Satan on US T.V.

Unless I somehow missed an uncensored version airing.

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Gaming / Re: The "What are you currently playing?" Thread

« on: September 13, 2011, 12:03:12 AM »

Oh, that's what you meant. I thought you were specifying their games in general. That in which, most of them have been excellent gameplay experiences.

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Gaming / Re: The "What are you currently playing?" Thread

« on: September 12, 2011, 10:41:31 PM »

Planning on playing. Why is it that Wayforward is the only company that can crank out consistingly good games, all crafted out of pure commercial set-in-stone franchises, and all of them are fantastic experiences?

Oh, wait, stick Telltale in that basket too.

Atlus has a pretty solid track record as well. Unlike the Shin Megami Tensei franchises, their Trauma Center games are far more underrated. Yet I loved every bit of them, especially TC Under the Knife 2. Hooked from beginning to end.

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: September 12, 2011, 10:21:24 PM »

Hello.

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: September 12, 2011, 10:11:59 PM »

My L Mii came out pretty nicely. Simple to create too, it's almost scary. I created an L Mii weeks before, but decided to make another as my personal. Whoever wants it, can have it.

(click to show/hide)

Ofcourse not, he's the champion who saved us from Cell!

I'm probably the only person who got this.

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Off The Wall / Re: Reposted Picture Thread (56K Warning)

« on: September 12, 2011, 09:38:45 PM »

I saw this on Tumblr and had to share it.

Holy. [parasitic bomb].

Everyone knows Valhallen is more of a badass than Thor.

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Gaming / Re: Square Enix General

« on: September 12, 2011, 01:36:46 PM »

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XURvzvibLD8&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

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Gaming / Re: Official Nintendo 3DS Discussion Thread - Specs, Tech, Price? It's all here!

« on: September 11, 2011, 05:31:54 AM »

When even iOS systems can deliver to us quality like this, Nintendo is making the very, very stubborn move of staying behind, and giving us slightly graphically improved ports of games they released more than a decade ago. It feels like an insult, pure and simply. People are just going to notice when their cellphones can give them higher tech stuff than the console they bought FOR GAMES.

I wouldn't go as far as to say OoT or StarFox are slightly upgraded. It's quite a far amount if you look at N64 vs 3DS comparisons, and even better viewing it first-hand on the 3DS screen. Also both Boss Rush and MQ in OoT are very much appreciated. However of course, a fair number of "blocky" geometry structures from the original releases can be recognized in the remakes, just given a coating of shiny paint. As much as I love playing OoT 3D, they still could have revamped it completely to where It looked akin to SS or TP.

And I worry the 3DS's fairly low screen resolution may hinder games like RE:Revelations and even the new Monster Hunter Tri G game (one of the Wii's most graphically impressive). For this system, It seems that only the third party companies try to push the hardware.

(click to show/hide)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_eN6hSPJMI[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB_hcpzDq5M&feature=related[/youtube]

Until then, Nintendo has to wake up. They never had that problem with the GC (beautiful games like Double Dash, Sunshine, TP and Star Fox Assault).

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Off The Wall / Re: Reposted Picture Thread (56K Warning)

« on: September 11, 2011, 04:21:10 AM »

B-But... but what about Mega Man Powered Up?

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Gaming / Re: Official Nintendo 3DS Discussion Thread - Specs, Tech, Price? It's all here!

« on: September 11, 2011, 12:31:08 AM »

There are so many topics that can be discussed about the 3DS alone, factoring in how primitive they have made it. No built-in second analog, no substantial messaging system, low screen resolution for modern tech (640x480 could have been the 2D standard), no chat room, lack of downloadable retail games on eShop, among a few others. These are basic things that almost any modern gaming systems have and then some, yet Nintendo persists to stay behind.

Surely, It couldn't be a matter of endangering their market sales. The 3DS could of had all those mentioned features and sold for a justly priced $250. PS3 was $600 then brought down to $300 - $250 without removing any features besides PS2 backwards compatibility. Sony made the same mistake, they could have sold it for $300 at the start and avoided the bad sales due to over-pricing. Companies apparently think that selling powerful but dated hardware warrants a hefty price tag. But anyway, I'm getting ahead of myself.

The lack of the second analog from the start is one of the most baffling things to me (along with the absence of a messaging/chat system). Nintendo is afraid, but for absolutely no reason whatsoever. There's nothing wrong about getting with the times. The 3DS has the potential to feel like a home console, but It's being dragged back.

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: September 10, 2011, 11:52:16 PM »

Well, OoT 3D worked extremely well with the analog. Worked as well as any stick-based console game. I have a feeling SM64's analog clunkiness has to do with the game being built from the ground up on DS hardware. As opposed to the "foreign" 3DS control scheme.

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DASH / Re: In-depth opinions on L3 Prototype by Chris Hoffman

« on: September 10, 2011, 11:26:51 PM »

New and classic control setups, debug options like gravity shifting, brief descriptions of the 10 missions, and some foreshadowing as to the final plot.  Lots of juicy stuff, more than enough to fuel the rage of those who will never see it.

Indeed.

To be honest, I was more eager to try out the debug options and screw around with different settings and attacks, instead of the gameplay itself. Of course, gameplay is a given necessity, but using debug controls really make you understand the mechanics of a game better. Especially since we could have apparently used special attacks that were locked out of the main game, traverse to hidden unfinished areas AND view concept art photos that appeared at different intervals within the game.

This prototype would have been absolutely incredible.

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Gaming / Re: Sonic Generations (360, PS3, 3DS) - Holiday 2011

« on: September 10, 2011, 11:05:08 PM »

I still think it's a bad move. From a financial point of view, I find it hard to see sales from Europe and Australia surpassing, say, Europe and the US. If they had this Collector's Edition up for grabs in the US, It would have likely sold better than in Australia. Possibly even Europe.

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: September 10, 2011, 10:44:22 PM »

One single good thing came out of buying my 3DS.

Being finally able to play 3D DS games with an analog, instead of an awful d-pad. Albeit the quality screen issue remains.

For me, the analog still doesn't make a game like Super Mario 64 feel much better. Moving and proportioning yourself in the direction you wanna go still feels pretty much as awkward as using the d-pad. And if you want to play DS games in their native resolution, hold down Start or Select while booting up a game. But be warned though, It makes the games considerably tiny.

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Gaming / Re: Official Nintendo 3DS Discussion Thread - Specs, Tech, Price? It's all here!

« on: September 10, 2011, 06:59:37 AM »

I've only had trouble gripping on properly for the first 20 minutes I played OoT. But that was only because I wasn't used to pressing down on the analog for such a long period of time (the only other games I had were DOA and SF, in which I barely used the analog). After that, I never had any problems with analog, not much pressure required. My hands aren't big, and not small either.

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Gaming / Re: The "What are you currently playing?" Thread

« on: September 10, 2011, 06:49:51 AM »

Barrel-rolling in 3D.  Presentation-wise, Star Fox kicks the crap out of OoT.

The lack of online is bewildering though. And 40 bucks seems a little too steep, compared to OoT's content.

But I haven't bought it yet. What's your verdict so far?

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: September 09, 2011, 11:24:51 PM »

Man, I wish my life wasn't as busy. I'm having less and less time to hang out with friends and whatnot. And I don't even have a job yet.

Because [tornado fang] sunlight and it looks nice.

Sure thing, Solar.

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Off The Wall / Re: Reposted Picture Thread (56K Warning)

« on: September 09, 2011, 06:51:31 PM »

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Gaming / Re: Official Nintendo 3DS Discussion Thread - Specs, Tech, Price? It's all here!

« on: September 09, 2011, 04:22:52 AM »

Using the touch screen for long periods of time can cause hand cramps quite easily. It has happened before. The second stick should naturally be more comfortable to use, especially when compared to touch screen heavy games, like I mentioned before: Kid Icarus.

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Gaming / Re: Monster Hunter General Thread

« on: September 09, 2011, 03:25:07 AM »

Gah, a "lock-on" switch? That would make fighting and tracking down a monster much less challenging.

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Anime & Manga / Re: Fate/zero by ufotable

« on: September 09, 2011, 03:17:30 AM »

Wait, i'm confused. Do they mean two 30 minute episodes, or an actual hour-long episode?

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Gaming / Re: Official Nintendo 3DS Discussion Thread - Specs, Tech, Price? It's all here!

« on: September 09, 2011, 03:06:47 AM »

Second Analog = No hand cramps

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Original / Re: What if Mega Man had Spiderman's personality?

« on: September 09, 2011, 03:01:18 AM »

I think MM would work out pretty well with his personality. X on the other hand...

Spidey was not about punnery as much as he was about quips at the situation and at the villain in question. The purpose of Spidey's quips is to [acid burst] off the enemy enough to throw them off their game. Like so...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wgx7Z4g1X4&feature=related[/youtube]

Best Spidey series GET. Not so excited for Ultimate, still pissed they canned Spectacular.